Directions to Christ the King

From Liberty, south on US 127 to Hwy 910/501, turn left. At the stop sign, head straight on 501 approx. 3 miles to Chestnut Level (just past Davenports Grocery) turn right. Bear right on Halon Young Rd. go about 1.5 miles. Christ the King will be on the right.

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Friday, June 12, 2015

June 14, 2015 Flag Day

Father Bob and family will not be with us this Sunday but Tim Martin will lead in the morning office of prayer.

As Sunday is flag day, I wish to share with you the history of the day. This comes from the USFlag.org

The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the
idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have
first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the
Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th
anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'.
In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following
years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as
'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned
appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing Flag
Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the
Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the
following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of the
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial
Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of
Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on
June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as 'Flag Day',
and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child
being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of
the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial
Dames. As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public
Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in
Independence Square. School children were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and
patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed on all
public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving spirits, the Illinois
organization, known as the American Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose
of promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices
of this association, the first general public school children's celebration of Flag Day
in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with
more than 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the
Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag
had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before
your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the
anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the
Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was
celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was not
until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June
14th of each year as National Flag Day.

Collect of the Day

Keep,
O Lord, we beseech thee, thy household the Church in thy steadfast faith and
love, that by the help of thy grace we may proclaim thy truth with boldness,
and minister thy justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. Amen.

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Fr. Bob Lemmon, MSJ

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